HousingWire is the nation's most influential source of news and information on U.S. housing finance, covering lending, servicing, investments and real estate. Late last week, Walter Investment Management Corp. announced that David Schneider, who served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Walter Investment and as president of Ditech Financial, abruptly left the company....

HARP - the Home Affordable Refinance Program - has been extended through September 30, 2017. HARP was created by FHFA specifically to help homeowners who are current on their mortgage payments, but who are underwater on their mortgages. That is, they owe almost as much or more than the current...

National home builders association discusses economics and housing policy. NAHB’s analysis of July regional employment data from the BLS shows that states with the highest annual growth rates of total construction employment are Iowa (16.52%), Hawaii (12.89%), Idaho (12.63%), and Colorado...

Sales of new single-family houses in May 2016 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 551,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 6.0 percent (±12.8%)* below the revised April rate of 586,000,...

HousingViews, S&P\'s blog on the housingmarket covering topics such as residential home prices, homebuilding and mortgage financing in the United. After a long winter of strengthening home prices, the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Report showed some hints of smaller monthly gains. Thirteen of the 20 cities had smaller year-over-year increases in February; in January only nine saw year-over-year...

Providing housingmarket intelligence, proprietary research & analysis, and consulting services to aligned industries that seek to minimize risk and grow revenue. Metrostudy forecasts that 813,000 of the projected starts will be for new single-family homes. On Friday morning, Metrostudy released its second quarter 2016 Home Building Outlook, which details housing construction trends nationwide....

The Metro Phoenix housingmarket faces numerous challenges as the market continues to recover from the “great recession”. The challenges include the widening gap between new and resale housing values, restrictive mortgage loan qualification requirements, the diminishing supply of building lots in the current hotspot market areas, and the challenges of credit repair for potential home buyers as...

The Gothamist reports from New York. “Activists often argue that Airbnb is driving up New York City rents by allowing fly-by-night hoteliers to illegally rent out whole apartments year-round, thus taking much-needed housing off the market. The data news site FiveThirtyEight commissioned data from the for-profit Airbnb data-scraping service Airdna to understand the prevalence of whole-apartment...

The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency works to create affordable housing opportunities for North Carolinians. The city of Morganton, NC now has dozens more affordable apartments for families to call home. Last week, the Agency attended a dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting for... You’ve found the home of your dreams—now you just need to pay for it. In most cases, there are two distinct...

Seattle Housing Authority’s mission is to enhance the Seattle community by creating and sustaining decent, safe and affordable living environments that foster stability and increase self-sufficiency for people with low incomes. The agency provides long-term rental housing and rental assistance to more than 34,000 people. Learn more. We do not provide temporary shelter, emergency shelter, or...

The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released its annual report, this year focusing on the theme of housing as more than shelter, but “as a springboard for success economically, physically, mentally, and socially.” Read on for findings and highlights from the report. Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC (Bellwether Enterprise), the commercial and multifamily...

State agency that helps people with modest means find a way to purchase a home for their family. IHDA is excited to once again host QAP Summits. Please take advantage of this opportunity to discuss the effectiveness of current and future QAP incentives. IHDA intends these sessions to be a partnership building exchange where IHDA will share preliminary thoughts regarding major changes being...

This one-day housing summit features leaders in the small house movement to share what’s working. The next housing trend is here – how will you be involved? Alan Durning of the Sightline Institute and Dee Williams of Portland Alternative Dwellings will highlight the power of small spaces to improve individuals’ lives and whole cities. These authors and advocates for change will inspire you to...

The median home sales price in Reno and Sparks, Nevada continues to climb — as we’ve seen it do all year. July’s median sales price came in at $317,600 — a 1.7 percent increase over June’s median sales price of $312,250. Year-over-year July’s median sales price is up 9.5 percent over July 2015’s median of $290,000. Interestingly July’s median sold price per square foot (ppsf) decreased to...

[Video] See how one Minnesotan went from paying high rents to owning a home with the help of education, counseling and a Minnesota Housing loan. Looking to buy, refinance or fix up your home? Search here for a lender near you. Draft 2017 Affordable Housing Plan open for public comment until September 1. You're Invited: North Shore Housing & Community Dialogue on September 19. Draft Consolidated...

Ginnie Mae is enhancing the disclosure of HECM MBS (HMBS reverse mortgage pools) data in the existing Factor A II and Factor B II files. There are two changes related to this enhancement: 1) Factor Files: Note: There is no change to the Factor file layouts or schedule. The enhancements are internal to the existing file, populating data in existing fields. The following data enhancements will be...